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- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 25% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
🎓 Where grads go
UC admits by campus · Class of 2025
Source: University of California Office of the President, Admissions by Source School. Full campus-by-campus breakdown below.
How Advanced Learning Academy compares for families
Mid-pack college outcomes within California.
- ▸ Statewide17.9% UC Reach — right around the California median of 18.1%.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsTrails the peer median (17.9% UC Reach vs 79.8% median) across the 5 most similar nearby schools.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
High-poverty school
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. These schools qualify for the highest tier of federal Title I funding and typically receive extra wraparound services. Academic outcomes vary widely — check the state assessment + grad-rate tiles.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
SBAC academic outcomes — grade 11, 2025
Share of grade-11 students meeting or exceeding the California standard on Smarter Balanced ELA and Math. This is the academic-readiness signal that pairs with UC Reach (post-grad outcomes), stability (retention), and absenteeism (engagement). Note: statewide median Math is only ~20% — a school at 20% isn't an outlier; one at 45%+ genuinely is.
Source: California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) Smarter Balanced research files. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥30 tested students.
Student composition — 2025-26
HS grades 9–12 racial/ethnic composition and program subgroups, from CDE Census Day Enrollment. Two-year shift shown when ≥1 pt — surfaces how the community served has changed since 2023-24.
Race / ethnicity
Program subgroups
Source: California Department of Education, Census Day Enrollment 2025-26 (HS grades 9–12). Δ shown when shift is ≥1 pt since 2023-24. Categories below 0.5% omitted.
Chronic absenteeism — 2024-25
Share of students missing 10% or more of expected attendance — the leading indicator that often precedes the demand decline shown above. Families disengaging tend to raise absenteeism first, then formally leave. Basis: grades 9–12.
Absenteeism is up 15.6 pp since 2017-18. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.
Source: California Department of Education, Chronic Absenteeism 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 eligible students. CDE didn't publish a usable 2019-20 file (COVID).
Enrollment trend & projection
If this trend holds (+0.2%/yr, Total enrollment)
At per-pupil funding of $ / student:
| Horizon | Projected Total enrollment | Change | Funding impact / yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 yr (2027) | ~369 | +1 | $0 |
| 3 yr (2029) | ~370 | +2 | $0 |
| 5 yr (2031) | ~371 | +3 | $0 |
Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Default = California's LCFF base grant for grades 9–12 ($12,423/ADA). Edit the figure to match your school.
Advanced Learning Academy — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot
Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools
- ▸On UC Reach, Advanced Learning Academy sits near the bottom of its similar-school group (ranked #3 of 4): 18% vs. a peer median of 80%.
- ▸Its UC Reach has risen 3 points since 2024.
- ▸Senior-class enrollment is up 257% (7→25 from 2021 to 2026), outpacing the peer-group median of -3%.
- ▸Enrollment has been growing (+0.4%/yr); projects to ~373 by 2029.
Enrollment projection
Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools
| School | Type | Size | UC Reach | Enroll. trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Learning Academy | Public | 368 | 17.9% | +257% |
| Peer-group median | 79.8% | -3% | ||
| Ednovate - Legacy College Prep. | Public | 451 | — | +20% |
| Nova Academy Early College Hs | Public | 293 | 11.1% | +10% |
| Cesar E. Chavez High | Public | 309 | — | +0% |
| Middle College High | Public | 476 | 79.8% | +20% |
| Gilbert High (continuation) | Public | 348 | — | -49% |
| Lorin Griset Academy | Public | 285 | — | -20% |
| La Vista High (continuation) | Public | 335 | — | -16% |
| Vista Meridian Global Academy | Public | 247 | — | -16% |
| Magnolia Science Academy Santa Ana | Public | 586 | 100.0% | +257% |
| Valley Vista High | Public | 250 | — | -6% |
UC Reach = top-6 UC admits ÷ senior class (can exceed 100% when students are admitted to multiple campuses). Enrollment trend = first-to-latest grade-12 change on file. Similar schools matched on proximity, size, type. Methodology →
Enrollment stability & demand — 2024-25
Two complementary signals: retention (do students stay once enrolled?) and demand (are families choosing the school?). Read against the Orange County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.
Enrollment growth is beating Orange County (+257.1% vs. -10.3%), but 19 of 160 students didn't maintain continuous enrollment. Why are families leaving once enrolled?
19 of 160 students who enrolled at Advanced Learning Academy this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (11.9% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.
Stability by student group
Nearest peer high schools
Source: California Department of Education, Stability Rate 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 cumulative enrollees so by-design-high-churn continuation schools don't dominate the bottom of the distribution. Cumulative enrollment counts every student on the rolls during the year, so it can exceed peak-day enrollment.
District financial profile — Santa Ana Unified (FY2020)
From 4 years of NCES F-33 filings (the federally-mandated district finance survey). Public schools don't have their own books — the district does. These figures show the financial scale, revenue dependence, instruction-vs-overhead mix, and long-term debt that shape what a school can sustain.
Local: 28.4%
Federal: 15.5%
Source: NCES F-33 Annual Survey of School System Finances (Urban Institute Education Data API). Latest year currently published: FY2020. F-33 is a district-level federal filing — it reflects the Santa Ana Unified as a whole, not this individual school's books. Revenue mix shows where the district's dollars come from (state aid dominates in CA via LCFF). Instruction share is current expenditure on instruction ÷ total current expenditure (national benchmark ~60%). Long-term debt is end-of-year outstanding (mostly facilities bonds).
Advanced Learning Academy sent 71 applications to the six most selective University of California campuses and 9.9% were admitted, producing a UC Reach of 17.9% — 0.2 percentage points below the California median of 18.1%, higher than 50% of California high schools..
-61.9 pp vs. peer median (79.8%) · Ranked #3 of 4 similar schools
18.1%
79.8%
51.2%
17.9%
Higher than 50% of California high schools (978 ranked, ≥50 seniors)
Advanced Learning Academy's UC Reach of 17.9% is below the California median (18.1%). The top 10% of CA schools achieve 51.2% or higher.
But in Orange County, where the local median is 25.0% and the top-10% bar is 70.9%, this score is mid-pack rather than exceptional — typical of its market rather than a standout.
Against similar schools, Advanced Learning Academy trails the peer-group median (79.8%) — even though it looks strong vs. the state average.
For context, the elite tier (top 1%) clears 97.3% — a gap of 79 pp from where this school sits.
Overall, Advanced Learning Academy's UC Reach is higher than 50% of California high schools (978 ranked).
UC Outcomes Trend — 2021–2025
Class size from CDE grade 12 enrollment. Campus-level data — applicant/admit totals may count a student at multiple campuses more than once.
Campus Breakdown — 2025
| Campus | Applicants | Admits | Enrollees | Admit Rate | UC Reach | Yield | Avg GPA (App) | Avg GPA (Adm) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Berkeley → Elite | 14 | —† | —† | —† | —† | — | 3.69 | —† |
| UCLA → Elite | 12 | —† | —† | —† | —† | — | 3.69 | —† |
| UC San Diego → Selective | 11 | 3 | —† | 27.3% | 7.7% | — | 3.62 | —† |
| UC Santa Barbara → Selective | 9 | —† | —† | —† | —† | — | 3.35 | —† |
| UC Irvine → Selective | 17 | —† | —† | —† | —† | — | 3.62 | —† |
| UC Davis → | 8 | 4 | —† | 50.0% | 10.3% | — | 3.71 | —† |
What This Means
For School Admins
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